ranch hand
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“If you can’t fix it you’ve got to stand it,” thinks a ranch hand about being denied a life with the man he loves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
In 1964, he signed up as a ranch hand, known as a jackeroo, after embellishing his abilities on horseback, and was sent to the Kimberley, a vast region in northwestern Australia.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2023
“Cattle want to go where the water flows,” he said while flying with a reporter, speaking with the laconic pace of a grizzled ranch hand.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
He was a recurring character on the show until season three when his role was upgraded to being a series regular as a senior ranch hand.
From Fox News ● Feb. 17, 2022
In a series of interviews, Lawson explained that in 1918 he began working as a ranch hand for Bill Smith, and that he grew to know Hale and his nephews Ernest and Bryan Burkhart.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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